PXL THIS 15, 11/19
PXL THIS 15, the 15th annual film festival featuring the Fisher Price PXL 2000 toy video camera premieres Saturday, Nov 19, 2 different shows 7 & 9pm at Sponto Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, 310-306-7330, free admission. For more info, please visit: www.indiespace.com/pxlthis and www.81x.com/7dudley/cinema
When Fisher-Price released the PXL 2000 video camera in 1987, the company marketed the device to kids in the 10-16-year-old range. But indie auteurs quickly became the camera's biggest fans. The PXL produces images of 2,000 pixels, as opposed to the standard 150,000, and the resulting black-and-white images are well-suited to the needs of filmmakers specializing in strange DIY shorts and other artsy flicks. So, instead of a kids' convention, PXL celebrates the former toy with poetry readings, documentaries about KFC workers, and portraits of anonymous cruise-ship passengers. (DRC)
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